The theft happened when there was a traffic jam on Lucknow s Shaheed Path. Taking advantage of the situation, some miscreants snipped off the strap used to tie the tyre and committed theft
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday dismissed speculations on the possibility of lockdown in the state despite the surge in Covid-19 cases.
“We will neither impose lockdown nor let people die in misery,” the CM said, directing officials to take over private testing labs, if required, and pay adequate amounts to ensure there is no delay in test results.
“The government should also take over private hospitals and medical colleges, if necessary, to overcome any shortcomings,” he added.
The directives were issued after the CM office received several complaints about delay in test reports and that some private labs were not carrying out tests at all. The CM said more private labs should be roped in to increase RT-PCR tests to account for at least 70% of the total tests. “Capacity of RT-PCR testing labs should be increased so that the state can carry out at least 1.5 lakh RT-PCR tests per day in the coming days. TrueNat machines should a
The total number of cases in the state stands at 6,92,015 (Photo for representative purpose only)
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh on Sunday reported 15,353 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the virus, while 67 fresh deaths took the toll in the state to 9,152, according to an official statement.
The total number of cases in the state stands at 6,92,015. The count of active is 71,241, it said.
Uttar Pradesh recorded its highest single-day increase in fresh Covid-19 cases with 15,353 new cases reported on Sunday, which is the highest since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Director General of Medical Health D S Negi told PTI.
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LUCKNOW/AGRA: A five-member team of UP STF filed a chargesheet of 5,000-page document against eight members the Popular Front of India (PFI) before a Mathura court on Saturday, accusing them of receiving funds from abroad to foment caste riots in Hathras in the wake of alleged gang rape of 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020.
They were slapped with sedition charges along with the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The chargesheet has been accepted and the court has fixed May 1 as the next date of hearing.
Five of the eight members charged by the STF were presented before the Mathura court. They included journalist Siddique Kappan, Masood Ahmad, Atiq-ur-Rahman, Mohammad Alam and Rauf Sharif, while two of them Anshad Badruddin and Firoz Khan attended the court proceedings via video link from Lucknow jail.